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Cannon PIXMA MP470 ubuntu drivers not available

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I have just purchased a Canon Pixma MP470 and cannot find drivers that work in Ubuntu 8.04. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can get the printer to print at a max res of 600X600 DPI but cannot get the scanner to work at all.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello

This thread might help you out

http://www.backports.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=617700

Bhavani Shankar.

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modumass (everhardt-strauss) said : 		#2

Thanks Bhavani, that post does answer part of the question, the printer works however the second part of that post requires a download "A test driver for MP470 is ready, you can download it at the following link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ogro4h" and that link is no longer available.

Thanks for the quick response though.

Modumass.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#3

Hello

Instructions on how to install the modified Pixma driver above Sane 1.0.18 are given on this blog:

http://mp610.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-sane-scanner-driver-for-canon-mp610.html

Here is a nice discussion on the same

http://www.nabble.com/Canon-MP470-support-td15354554.html

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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olaph (zxkuqyb) said : 		#4

I followed these instructions, and was able to get the scanner on my MP470 working.

Thank you!

However, now when I try to print, gutenprint seems to "stick". By that I mean it doesn't regester an error but says it is print page 1, but never advances beyond 3%. The printer status is listed as: Printer 'MP470_series' may not be connected. Which cannot be, because it scans just fine!

Is there anything in the referenced instructions that could be interfering with the printer?

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